Darren Rowse doesn't make his money from Problogger . Brian Clark doesn't make his money from Copyblogger . Chris Brogan doesn't make his money from his blog, either. Neither does Sonia Simone . Not a single founding member of Third Tribe earns the bulk of their income from the blogs that are practically (or in Chris' case, literally) synonymous with their names. Yes, they make some money directly from those blogs.